The Paraty mud carnival in Brazil - in pictures

Teenagers playing with mud started the Bloco da Lama in 1986 and it has since become an annual event in the city of Paraty. Hundreds of people wrestle, coat each other in mud and throw it around to the sound of samba and reggaeton at a carnival beach party. Clothes are optional, but mud is not

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Members of the Bloco da Lama group perform on Jabaquara beach, during a carnival festivities in Paraty, Brazil
Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters